Letran and the big stars of St. Benilde scrambled for the spot. –NCAA photo
Shortly after rising to the top of the knockout stages in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, College of St. Benilde, after scoring an 83-73 win over Arellano on Sunday, has his eyes fixed on one particular enemy to ensure it has the best chance in the Four Finals.
Actually, make two enemies there.
Blazers coach Charles Tiu says they’ll give it all they have at San Beda on Tuesday to automatically take a two-beat advantage before taking on their favorite enemy in the Lyceum in the game. semifinal.
The Blazers secured at least one playoff spot for the 2nd seed with a win over the Captains, and a win over the Red Lions would take the complexity of a playoff out of the picture and ensure that they will face the Pirates, whom they have defeated twice in eliminations.
As things are going, with a 13-4 record, the Blazers are drawing with defending champion Letran for 1st place, but will lose the tiebreak at the end of qualifying due to a win-lose rule.
The Knights confronting Jose Rizal are deposed and greatly favored.
“If we play Lyceum [in the Final Four]that means we beat San Beda [at the end of the eliminations]. That was our goal,” explained Tiu after picking up 17 points from Robi Nayve and 15 from Miguel Cortez at the San Juan Arena.
“Actually, we are looking forward to facing Lyceum. Because we thought we’d have a better chance against them, but if we did, our team has the potential to do something,” Nayve said.
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